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there is a route that comes through these areas, coming from pakistan into afghanistan. most of them are used for commerce. and this goes farther into the larger cities. but they also use this to bring in a equipment to tackle the coalition forces. this is the biggest city in the area, with the most local populace. this is a center for trade and commerce in the area. and these provinces where nato has not had much of a presence until quite recently, these are the border provinces that only began getting a large number of troops in the past year. the population is not very friendly to the coalition. so the population will harbor fighters for the taliban, and they will hold weapons for them and are aware of taliban movements. the approach for this province is to target, in a sense, the civilian populations. not with violence, but when they need intelligence -- you have to visit houses. you have to march out to where they are concentrated, to start knocking on doors, demanding to be let in. they will break the door down. but you knock on the door, trying to be as friendly a
there is a route that comes through these areas, coming from pakistan into afghanistan. most of them are used for commerce. and this goes farther into the larger cities. but they also use this to bring in a equipment to tackle the coalition forces. this is the biggest city in the area, with the most local populace. this is a center for trade and commerce in the area. and these provinces where nato has not had much of a presence until quite recently, these are the border provinces that only...
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pakistan has a lot of u.s. trainers that have been working intensely with their special forces, and as a result of that, withheld some of the decade that went with them. they also repelled some of the partnership on the war on terrorism, so to speak. they are still trying to gauge that. for now, in the past, the key relationship between the u.s. and pakistan and the military have been between admiral mullen and his pakistan counterpart, the army chief of staff. i think that this point, the u.s. is still trying to weigh what they can do to move this cooperation forward with pakistan. host: the defense policy reporter a bloomberg news, thank you for being on the "washington journal." joining us now at the c-span table is stephanie sanok, a senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies. she is here to continue the discussion regarding u.s. policy in afghanistan and iraq. tell us from your perspective what the message of defense secretary panetta posture to afghanistan and iraq was? guest: i t
pakistan has a lot of u.s. trainers that have been working intensely with their special forces, and as a result of that, withheld some of the decade that went with them. they also repelled some of the partnership on the war on terrorism, so to speak. they are still trying to gauge that. for now, in the past, the key relationship between the u.s. and pakistan and the military have been between admiral mullen and his pakistan counterpart, the army chief of staff. i think that this point, the u.s....
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closure, particularly for the 9/11 families with osama bin laden being killed by those navy s.e.a.l.s in pakistan so i do think -- the question is how long will it last and will it be only momentary or is it a sense that the nation is better off if we're unified in purpose. >> david, i mean, you are a conservative, i mean -- >> um-hum. >> i haven't heard a conservative yet deny this was the right mission. are there any critiques of obama's approach? >> look, it's a unifying thing, i agree with you. there are issues outside of race, outside of politics. osama bin laden's a murderer, a mass murderer, who is responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands across the world, and thousands of americans. i don't think you'll find any rational person saying this was not the right thing to do. >> hmm. i see you chomping at the bit already, please. >> right, this is a unifying moment. i think it does provide some closure, but i am concerned that there may be a revival of some of the kind of islamaphobia and hostility towards, to the muslim world, towards the arab world that we saw in the immediate aftermat
closure, particularly for the 9/11 families with osama bin laden being killed by those navy s.e.a.l.s in pakistan so i do think -- the question is how long will it last and will it be only momentary or is it a sense that the nation is better off if we're unified in purpose. >> david, i mean, you are a conservative, i mean -- >> um-hum. >> i haven't heard a conservative yet deny this was the right mission. are there any critiques of obama's approach? >> look, it's a...
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is not in a war in pakistan the u.s. it is operating extra legally by carrying out these drone strikes in pakistan in yemen and somalia and in terms of it being disproportionate you know we have numbers coming out of pakistan that indicate that you know for every one suspected militants being killed one hundred forty innocent civilians are dying as a result of these strikes and so if those numbers are correct you know we have people on the ground who are gathering the information who are doing the investigation to try to collect the information so that we can bring a more transparent a more honest picture to the public about what's happening in pakistan. earlier we talked to a man who reached out beyond earth's atmosphere and became one of the select few ever to walk on the phone that's after a recap of the week's top stories coming to you in just a few moments. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. bringing you the latest in science and technology from a. b
is not in a war in pakistan the u.s. it is operating extra legally by carrying out these drone strikes in pakistan in yemen and somalia and in terms of it being disproportionate you know we have numbers coming out of pakistan that indicate that you know for every one suspected militants being killed one hundred forty innocent civilians are dying as a result of these strikes and so if those numbers are correct you know we have people on the ground who are gathering the information who are doing...
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and, therefore, we are stuck with a pakistan because i fear we withdraw, which? pakistan loses. oil we entice pakistan in various ways into collaborating in a stage withdrawal. so, this comes to the point that it really doesn't matter what happened in the past. if our goal is to somehow exit afghanistan without attempting to occupy it which is not a choice. we must deal with pakistan. i mean, who else can we? >> host: the question is not dealing with pakistan so much as what is the longer-term outcome in terms of are they going to come away from wherever we end up with a new status quo in afghanistan, we commit to the campaign of undermining their neighbor next door in india. that's -- >> guest: we can avoid that by staying in afghanistan permanently. or live with it. so here's exactly how i approach the foreign policy issue. you pose the question, if pakistan comes to be secure in afghanistan, we can destabilize india? may well. shall be therefore state permit in afghanistan? how do we prevent that? what i come to say yeah, i think pakistan and india have reasons to distrust ea
and, therefore, we are stuck with a pakistan because i fear we withdraw, which? pakistan loses. oil we entice pakistan in various ways into collaborating in a stage withdrawal. so, this comes to the point that it really doesn't matter what happened in the past. if our goal is to somehow exit afghanistan without attempting to occupy it which is not a choice. we must deal with pakistan. i mean, who else can we? >> host: the question is not dealing with pakistan so much as what is the...
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pakistan withholding $800 million in promised military aid to pakistan. the zus not happy with what you're doing. what do you do about it? >> first old all, i don't think that's a correct characterization. it includes $300 million in reimbursements that have just been slowed down. we haven't received a reimbursement since december 2010. so basically, it's just something that's already slow, having been slowed down more. the fact is that -- >> are you saying this is not a big deal? $800 million of aids has been suspended. >> both sides are working together on a number of things and pakistan is not happy with the pace of delivery of assistance. americans are not happy with the pace of delivery of certain deliverables from pakistan. it happens sometimes. right now because pakistan is a fledgling democracy and everything that happens there hits the media and there's an american domestic political context in which everything becomes an issue because of the way people react to your administration. this has become -- >> the reaction in pakistan to the u.s. decis
pakistan withholding $800 million in promised military aid to pakistan. the zus not happy with what you're doing. what do you do about it? >> first old all, i don't think that's a correct characterization. it includes $300 million in reimbursements that have just been slowed down. we haven't received a reimbursement since december 2010. so basically, it's just something that's already slow, having been slowed down more. the fact is that -- >> are you saying this is not a big deal?...
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that come from pakistan into afghanistan. most of them are used for commerce. they trade a lot back and forth here. they are moving farther into kabul or other major cities. they use this to bring in other weapons and equipment to attack coalition forces. this is the biggest city in the area. it has the most populous. this is a center for trading and, in the area. paktika province province -- places like paktika province, where nato has not had much of a presence until recently, these are the border provinces that have not had nato troops until the past year. the population is not very friendly to the coalition. so, the population will harbor fighters, all will harbert weapons for them, and is aware of -- will harbor weapons for them, and is aware of taliban movements. they will target in a sense the civilian population. they do not started them with violence. but you have to go visiting houses. you have to go to the compounds. you have to march out and start knocking on doors, demanding to be let in, and basically demanded "if you do not let newtonian, nato wi
that come from pakistan into afghanistan. most of them are used for commerce. they trade a lot back and forth here. they are moving farther into kabul or other major cities. they use this to bring in other weapons and equipment to attack coalition forces. this is the biggest city in the area. it has the most populous. this is a center for trading and, in the area. paktika province province -- places like paktika province, where nato has not had much of a presence until recently, these are the...
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if some of the late in wasn't pakistan, then -- was in pakistan, then let's cut off assistance to pakistan. for every hamlet, there is a nail. the truth is -- for every hammer, there is a nail. the truth is, it has not always work. we would like it just to have that relationship. but cutting off aid to influence policy has not usually worked. that said, congress will listen to your military leaders, listen to the administration. after all, as a student of the united states history and as someone who had myers america's founding principles -- who admirers of america's founding principles, i do believe that there was a reason that the founding fathers and the author of the american constitution led foreign policy to be the richer -- the jurisdiction-- the actuae done by the legislative branch. elected officials and members of congress, who make a lot effort now in this day and age to try and understand other countries -- their primary effort is to understand -- i understand their own constituents. many of the constituents in the congress have been supportive. i respect them for asking the qu
if some of the late in wasn't pakistan, then -- was in pakistan, then let's cut off assistance to pakistan. for every hamlet, there is a nail. the truth is -- for every hammer, there is a nail. the truth is, it has not always work. we would like it just to have that relationship. but cutting off aid to influence policy has not usually worked. that said, congress will listen to your military leaders, listen to the administration. after all, as a student of the united states history and as...
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look how the nato air we'll bombing in lead is related to american trove of eyes in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing in libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside if he's not just a tune and a half wars for the united states in reality if not on the ground at least in the air over a levy if the bombing is one hundred percent of nato operation great timing nato operation against libya demonstrated not the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan and have been leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap between the. united states of america and its european nato partners. headlines this a couple minutes here not. of the. if the motion would be soon which bryson. song from feinstein christian. means from stone tante don't come. wealthy british style sun rose is not on the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in cons a report on r.t. if you're followed up on my idea. the chinese are sort of a twelve pack and aren't kid codified l
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because then pakistan has to fend for itself. pakistan has to value this. i fear that all intelligence, diplomat, security people go for training to india. despite all my offers all along for free training in pakistan, not one came to pakistan. then of course, internally, pakistan ladies and gentleman has to be against extremism in our society other than terrorism, al qaeda, taliban. extremism in our society. stop the use and promotion of militancy from mosques of pakistan. stop publications, handbills, posters, pamphlets, urging people towards militancy, extremism. ban publications. ben distribution and selling. -- and distribution and selling. turkey has banned all promotion of extremism of terrorism at home and and abroad. lastly, eve of a strategy to mainstream -- evolve a strategy to mainstream the taliban. lastly, on a tactical issue, maybe the pakistan army has been overstretched. the better way of dealing, i personally think, is through a second line reinforcement. we need to equip them with tanks and guns, make them strong enough. because they are
because then pakistan has to fend for itself. pakistan has to value this. i fear that all intelligence, diplomat, security people go for training to india. despite all my offers all along for free training in pakistan, not one came to pakistan. then of course, internally, pakistan ladies and gentleman has to be against extremism in our society other than terrorism, al qaeda, taliban. extremism in our society. stop the use and promotion of militancy from mosques of pakistan. stop publications,...
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of nato operation against libya demonstrated not on the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan and afghan leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap between genuine united states of america and its year of paean nato partners. oh we're back with latest headlines just a couple minutes here not. feel. to the limited. to do so. seem. to feel. if. the. machine would be so much brighter if you knew about sums from finance to freshen some. screen stunts on t.v. don't. wealthy british scientists on the world's. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the report. if you're followed up on my. back and part of. it goes back to a time when people would bite out of their forces in the wild west and pick up a piece future dates important for prosecution what company may almost feel guilty. when they go out there. and you have to hope that nothing bad. but we're chasing killers and you gotta keep that in mind others that to me a dollar bill for his arrest. but not super hero they can be killed in the head i'm going to die. and. never go back
of nato operation against libya demonstrated not on the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan and afghan leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap between genuine united states of america and its year of paean nato partners. oh we're back with latest headlines just a couple minutes here not. feel. to the limited. to do so. seem. to feel. if. the. machine would be so much brighter if you knew about sums from finance to freshen some. screen stunts on t.v. don't....
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in addition, pakistan is a conduit to get weapons in to fight the taliban. it is a thorny issue in the one that we have to work out. to cut up pakistan immediately would be a mistake. host: greg, independent line. caller: as long as the budget is an issue, eliminate the patriots back, homeland security, the police. fire those people. fire them right now. get the money from there. no one was concerned about the budget when bush was fighting a war on two fronts. i was in the national guard and the marines. i did not go the last three times because my son came back. the national guard, it is a good thing i did not go, because all 11 people -- 20 people -- 26 people were killed and injured in that unit. so, eliminate those guys. host: i think we get your point. the guest: i am very sorry. i can tell that you are emotional about this. i am sorry about your friends and bodies that were killed. that is a problem that we hope will come to a conclusion very quickly. the threat to the world and the united states is still very real. everyone has an opinion on where we
in addition, pakistan is a conduit to get weapons in to fight the taliban. it is a thorny issue in the one that we have to work out. to cut up pakistan immediately would be a mistake. host: greg, independent line. caller: as long as the budget is an issue, eliminate the patriots back, homeland security, the police. fire those people. fire them right now. get the money from there. no one was concerned about the budget when bush was fighting a war on two fronts. i was in the national guard and...
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part pressure to get pakistan to do more. part retaliation because pakist pakistan threw out a lot of army trainers after the u.s. killed osama bin laden. it's because they threw out these trainers they can't have this aid because you really comes as a package deal. u.s. personnel on the ground. you have to play, if you want us to pay, don. >> so, elise, how serious is this riff between afghanistan and islam bad? >> it's gradually decreasing. a lot for fit for tat and what is going to happen next now that the u.s. reduced this aid. what are the pakistanis going to do? the u.s. is already very concerned that it can't trust the pakistani military and the pakistani intelligence with the information they're giving them about the milmilitants. so, a big concern right now and you'll see a lot of the u.s. going it alone, such as these drone strikes. >> could this backfire and limit u.s. leverage over pakistan on counterterrorism cooperation? >> it certainly could, but things are pretty bad as they are. i think the calculation by u.s
part pressure to get pakistan to do more. part retaliation because pakist pakistan threw out a lot of army trainers after the u.s. killed osama bin laden. it's because they threw out these trainers they can't have this aid because you really comes as a package deal. u.s. personnel on the ground. you have to play, if you want us to pay, don. >> so, elise, how serious is this riff between afghanistan and islam bad? >> it's gradually decreasing. a lot for fit for tat and what is going...
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yemen somalia parts of north africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what happens in afghanistan a change in the guard of the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals this change of course to critics i see no difference between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two thousand and twelve fully we're covering the surge i have now at west point well it certainly sounds like what the american people would like to hear for the first time ever a majority want u.s. troops out of afghanistan as soon as possible fifty six percent while thirty nine percent want troops there until the situation is stabilized you can see the trend is really flip flop. but what is the reality of obama's plans for troop withdrawal well that thirty three thousand he's calling for is a minority of the one hundred thousand american troops that are there that's not including another forty two thousand some nato troops and nine
yemen somalia parts of north africa and other locations i've always believed pakistan is more central to what happens in afghanistan a change in the guard of the department of defense with robert gates retiring and former cia chief leon panetta getting sworn in signals this change of course to critics i see no difference between him and robert gates and for afghanistan we now hear a presidential pledge to pull thirty three thousand troops out by september two thousand and twelve fully we're...
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talks about the life of margaret marcus, a secular jewish woman from new york who, in 1962, moved to pakistan and converted converted to islam. >> welcome to the 27 annual chicago tribune printer's row late fest, a special thank youal to our sponsors. row before we begin today's programr please turn off your cell phone and all other electric devices. and photographs are not permitted. today's program will be recorded for future broadcast and c-span. is book tv.m wile if there is time at the end for a q&a session with the author we
talks about the life of margaret marcus, a secular jewish woman from new york who, in 1962, moved to pakistan and converted converted to islam. >> welcome to the 27 annual chicago tribune printer's row late fest, a special thank youal to our sponsors. row before we begin today's programr please turn off your cell phone and all other electric devices. and photographs are not permitted. today's program will be recorded for future broadcast and c-span. is book tv.m wile if there is time at...
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against taliban and the kind of structure that we need to support going after al qaeda on the border of pakistan and afghanistan. perhaps it is time to shut down $17 billion worth of money going for reconstruction projects when our track record really stings when it comes to reconstruction projects. i hope that you all will convince me that i have become cynical and angry and frustrated about the way we are spending money in theater. i am looking for good news, and i hope we hear some today. but i think it is time for a guest check because i have too many people in missouri saying why can we fix this road? then i look at the practice we are building in afghanistan and it is hard to explain to them why we cannot fix that road. because we cannot afford it, but yet we can throw money away in afghanistan on projects that are not sustainable. if anybody had spent time thinking about it in the first place, they would have realized that. that kind of accountability has to be present. i am pleased that we have a number of witnesses today that are going to testify to contracting in theater. let me say th
against taliban and the kind of structure that we need to support going after al qaeda on the border of pakistan and afghanistan. perhaps it is time to shut down $17 billion worth of money going for reconstruction projects when our track record really stings when it comes to reconstruction projects. i hope that you all will convince me that i have become cynical and angry and frustrated about the way we are spending money in theater. i am looking for good news, and i hope we hear some today....
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is so hated now in pakistan the government is afraid it's corporate we're going to safeguarding its nuclear materials which are the world's fastest growing and by all experts will tell you the least secure so the result of this drone strike. is best receiving the danger in the united states of a conventional war and there were nuclear terrorist attacks i calculate it out of order and stop the headlines that are wild update the u.s. president barack obama. has welcomed a bipartisan senate proposal designed to top the country's washington debt but plan aims to decrease the deficit by about four trillion dollars over the next decade nobody wants are rushing health spending education and labor programs that's where the only two weeks left to avoid leanings of old lawmakers from both parties are also discussing raising the federal borrowing limits. syria's foreign minister howes will be on behalf of his america strong not to travel outside the capital without permission earlier this month the diplomats was severely criticized by the government for visiting the volatile town of hamas considered t
is so hated now in pakistan the government is afraid it's corporate we're going to safeguarding its nuclear materials which are the world's fastest growing and by all experts will tell you the least secure so the result of this drone strike. is best receiving the danger in the united states of a conventional war and there were nuclear terrorist attacks i calculate it out of order and stop the headlines that are wild update the u.s. president barack obama. has welcomed a bipartisan senate...
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know, the one thing i would say is, on the notion of giving money to countries that waste it -- and pakistan is listed there -- i think it's important for people to know that foreign aid accounts for less than 2 percent of our budget. and if you defined it just narrowly as the kind of foreign aid to help feed people and what we think of classically as foreign aid, it's probably closer to 1 percent. so sometimes people have an exaggerated sense that we spend 25 percent of the federal budget on foreign aid. it's a tiny amount that has a big impact. and i think america, to be a leader in the world, to have influence, to help stabilize countries and create opportunity for people so that they don't breed terrorists or create huge refugee flows and so forth, it's smart for us to make a very modest investment in foreign aid. it's a force multiplier and it's something that even in tough fiscal times america needs to continue to do as part of our role as a global leader. mr. dorsey: this next one is pretty simple, from daniel: "we need to raise taxes, period." (laughter.) the president: as i said bef
know, the one thing i would say is, on the notion of giving money to countries that waste it -- and pakistan is listed there -- i think it's important for people to know that foreign aid accounts for less than 2 percent of our budget. and if you defined it just narrowly as the kind of foreign aid to help feed people and what we think of classically as foreign aid, it's probably closer to 1 percent. so sometimes people have an exaggerated sense that we spend 25 percent of the federal budget on...
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and governs pakistan. at this moment, it's not possible. >> it's a fear? >> it is a fear if it's the integrity is no more. >> how many nuclear bombs does pakistan have? >> i don't know. >> about? >> i don't know. >> 100. >> i don't know. >> you knew when you were the president. you wouldn't know that as president of pakistan? >> they don't give me that figure. why am i concerned whether it's 89 years. i am not concerned about the figures what difference does it make whether it's 54 or 94 or 150. you met with the governor of texas, rick perry. what was that about? >> nothing. he wanted to meet. maybe exchange views on what it would be. >> did you get the impression he is thinking of running for president? >> well, i think i did, yes. >> you think he will? >> you need to ask him, but i did get that impression. >> i agree and i think he will run, but i haven't met with him. you came away from the meeting thinking he is going to run? >> yes. >> let's talk about you a little bit. how do you feel? >> i hope i am
and governs pakistan. at this moment, it's not possible. >> it's a fear? >> it is a fear if it's the integrity is no more. >> how many nuclear bombs does pakistan have? >> i don't know. >> about? >> i don't know. >> 100. >> i don't know. >> you knew when you were the president. you wouldn't know that as president of pakistan? >> they don't give me that figure. why am i concerned whether it's 89 years. i am not concerned about the...
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iraq afghanistan pakistan libya we're bombing yemen. i'm known for getting a couple here we've got a company tens because one hundred countries from what i understand will actively but i mean we perform an extraordinary rendition oh it's just it's so it's so hard to keep track of the empire these days but now it's really like it's in your face and it's undeniable with this why is it that the temptation of a standing army allows our government to get away with this because it's the surat of it or afraid of it being. necessary for security is just. under with it right well you know with this new congress they they started by reading the constitution you know and that was a lot of the tea party influence the new congressmen that were elected i remember the green party and you know i think there's a lot of people who are genuinely interested in the founding principles and when you go to those events you hear a lot about the founding fathers some people are wandering around it's recurrent hats or whatever and i don't mean do to make fun beca
iraq afghanistan pakistan libya we're bombing yemen. i'm known for getting a couple here we've got a company tens because one hundred countries from what i understand will actively but i mean we perform an extraordinary rendition oh it's just it's so it's so hard to keep track of the empire these days but now it's really like it's in your face and it's undeniable with this why is it that the temptation of a standing army allows our government to get away with this because it's the surat of it...
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against taliban and the kind of structure that we need to support going after al qaeda on the border of pakistan and afghanistan. perhaps it's time to shut down $17 billion worth of money going for reconstruction projects when our track record really stinks when it comes to reconstruction projects. now, i hope that you all are going to convince me i've become cynical and angry and frustrated about the way we're spending money in theater and i want to tell you i'm looking for good news. i hope we hear some today. but i think it is really time for a gut check. because i've got too many people in missouri saying, why can't we fix this road? then i look at the projects that we're building in afghanistan and it's hard to explain to them why we can't fix that road because we can't afford it, but yet we can throw money away in afghanistan on projects that are clearly not sustainable and if anybody would have spent time thinking about it in the first place, they would have realized that. that kind of planning has to begin happening and that kind of accountability has to be present. i'm pleased we have a
against taliban and the kind of structure that we need to support going after al qaeda on the border of pakistan and afghanistan. perhaps it's time to shut down $17 billion worth of money going for reconstruction projects when our track record really stinks when it comes to reconstruction projects. now, i hope that you all are going to convince me i've become cynical and angry and frustrated about the way we're spending money in theater and i want to tell you i'm looking for good news. i hope...
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continuedian side to rely on the gas on going through pakistan. they thought maybe it should be offshore and so on. i think as far as iran and pakistan is concerned or the two are concerned, the deal is going quite a long way ahead on the iranian side. on the pakistani side there is so many announcements. of course, over 20 years, announcements are announcements, but they seem a bit more serious. >> pipeline politics indeed. it's become a major source of contention between lebanon and israel. they're warning israel to stay away from the country's energy resources but leaders of the hezbollah group calls on them for an energy exploration. maritime dispute over who owns what are escalating already heightened tensions between two countries. we take a special look. >> reporter: under the warm waters of the mediterranean may lie treasures yet unknown. reservoirs of black gold. the u.s. geological survey estimated that this part of the eastern mediterranean could hold nearly 2 billion barrels of recoverable oil and huge reserves of gas. in these watt ea
continuedian side to rely on the gas on going through pakistan. they thought maybe it should be offshore and so on. i think as far as iran and pakistan is concerned or the two are concerned, the deal is going quite a long way ahead on the iranian side. on the pakistani side there is so many announcements. of course, over 20 years, announcements are announcements, but they seem a bit more serious. >> pipeline politics indeed. it's become a major source of contention between lebanon and...
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. >> you think that pakistan and our -- safe haven and afghanistan for these so-called terrorist. >> that was acward . then in the guest book in westminister abbey can i give you my theory on that. >> it is a number of solutions for any given problem. >> i hate to get too da vinci code. may 24, 2008 trandsalates five, plus two is 7 . 7 plus four is 11 . two zeros keep it at 13 . eight makes it 21. he was telling us he got lucky with the queen. >> totally crazy. i don't want to consider that, miller. i don't think about that. >> back up theory. he signed 2008 and by the time it reads back to dc. >> he put me off with the queen line. >> coming up. undercover stings. are they ethical. jon stossel on that. and america's news quiz. don't miss that one coming right back. [ male annocer ] things seem better with travelocity's best price guarantee. our girl's an architect. our boy's a genius. we are awesome parents! biddly-boop. [ male announcer ] if you find a lower rate on a room you've booked, we won't just match it. we'll give you $50 towards your next trip. [ gnome ] it's go time. embar
. >> you think that pakistan and our -- safe haven and afghanistan for these so-called terrorist. >> that was acward . then in the guest book in westminister abbey can i give you my theory on that. >> it is a number of solutions for any given problem. >> i hate to get too da vinci code. may 24, 2008 trandsalates five, plus two is 7 . 7 plus four is 11 . two zeros keep it at 13 . eight makes it 21. he was telling us he got lucky with the queen. >> totally crazy. i...
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>> i can't say. >> on pakistan. [inaudible question] >> has there been any formal complaint by the pakistani government by that event? >> not that i'm aware of today. i think you know how strongly this department and secretary clinton feels about this issue that gay rights are human rights and we will speak out. >> gaddafi has opened a line of dialogue with the opposition. do you oppose such calls? >> you know, we have heard lots of reports to this kind. gaddafi is talking, he is not talking, he is leaving, not leaving, he knows the position of the u.s., he needs to pull back his forces and step down. he hasn't changed. >> you don't think the solution or dialogue between the two factions? >> we support what is going to get us to a place when gaddafi knows it's time to go. [inaudible question] >> does the u.s. administration have any plan to reapply? >> we welcome what the turkish government has done including aid to the traditional national council. you know our position which was articulated by the secretary at the
>> i can't say. >> on pakistan. [inaudible question] >> has there been any formal complaint by the pakistani government by that event? >> not that i'm aware of today. i think you know how strongly this department and secretary clinton feels about this issue that gay rights are human rights and we will speak out. >> gaddafi has opened a line of dialogue with the opposition. do you oppose such calls? >> you know, we have heard lots of reports to this kind....
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pakistan has a lot of u.s. trainers that have been working intensely with their special forces, and as a result of that, withheld some of the decade that went with them. they also repelled some of the partnership on the war on terrorism, so to speak. they are still trying to gauge that. for now, in the past, the key relationship between the u.s. and pakistan and the military have been between admiral mullen and his pakistan counterpart, the army chief of staff. i think that this point, the u.s. is still trying to weigh what they can do to move this cooperation forward with pakistan. host: the defense policy reporter a bloomberg news, thank you for being on the "washington journal." joining us now at the c-span table is stephanie sanok, a senior fellow at the center for strategic and international studies. she is here to continue the discussion regarding u.s. policy in afghanistan and iraq. tell us from your perspective what the message of defense secretary panetta posture to afghanistan and iraq was? guest: i t
pakistan has a lot of u.s. trainers that have been working intensely with their special forces, and as a result of that, withheld some of the decade that went with them. they also repelled some of the partnership on the war on terrorism, so to speak. they are still trying to gauge that. for now, in the past, the key relationship between the u.s. and pakistan and the military have been between admiral mullen and his pakistan counterpart, the army chief of staff. i think that this point, the u.s....
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. >> you think that pakistan and our -- safe haven and afghanistan for these so-called terrorist. >> that was acward . thenn the guest book in westminister abbey can i give you my tory on that. >> it is a number of solutions for any given problem. >> i hate to get too da vinci code. may 24, 2008 trandsalates five, plus two is 7 . 7 plus four is 11 . two zeros keep it at 13 . eight makes it 21. he was telling us he got lucky with the queen. >> totally crazy. i don't want to consider that, miller. i don't think about that. >> back up theory. he signed 2008 and by the time it reads back to dc. >> he put me off with the queen line. >> coming up. undercover stings. are they ethical. jon stossel on that. and america's news quiz. embarrassed planned parent head and acorn. are those stings ethical and should we approve of them? here is jon stossel. >> it is creepy and i don't like to do it and sometimes we ought to because you can't get to the truth unless you go undercover. they don't behave normally with a camera. yes, i have to question myself. keith's case i am glad he did that. but i do
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a lot of us are concerned and defended as to how prudently weaver held in pakistan. the're building it to floods in the valley. we put in billions of dollars. they have objective measurements should the favorability is in the single digits. that is pretty disgusting when you're spending that kind of money trying to help people. i understand there's no objective standard in yemen. it to be impossible to measure it on an objective basis. maybe from into total testimony can you give me your description? >> thank you. in general, the experience is that the perception of american aid is positive. the way that i can help illustrate sex most poignantly is that we brand our assistance in most cases the route the country. it is clear. it is clear hewitt is coming from. this is important in terms of the messaging. it also means we're able to operate on our partners openly by the american people. this is well-received. it is done safely throughout the country. >> what would be your gut feeling if they did some standard. what percentage of people do you think would respond that
a lot of us are concerned and defended as to how prudently weaver held in pakistan. the're building it to floods in the valley. we put in billions of dollars. they have objective measurements should the favorability is in the single digits. that is pretty disgusting when you're spending that kind of money trying to help people. i understand there's no objective standard in yemen. it to be impossible to measure it on an objective basis. maybe from into total testimony can you give me your...
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. >> you think that pakistan and our -- safe haven and afghanistan for these so-called terrorist. >> that was acward . then in the guest book in westminister abbey can i give you my theory on that. >> it is a number of solutions for any given problem. >> i hate to get too da vinci code. may 24, 2008 trandsalates five, plus two is 7 . 7 plus four is 11 . two zeros keep it at 13 . eight makes it 21. he was telling us he got lucky with the queen. >> totally crazy. i don't want to consider that, miller. i don't think about that. >> back up theory. he signed 2008 and by the time it reads back to dc. >> he put me off with the queen line. >> coming up. undercover stings. are they ethical. jon stossel on that. and america's news quiz. [ male announcer ] this is larry... whose long day starts with arthritis pain... and a choice. take tylenol arthritis and maybe up to s in a day... or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. happy chopping. you're gonna have the hottest car on the block. [ airplane engine rumbles show me the carfax. yeah, show me the carfax we...we ran out. what? jus
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through my detention in pakistan. he asked me if i were. if he didn't he was not interested on me it was you transferred to kind of hall in afghanistan what happened there in kandahar in kandahar was happening. all kinds of things like you can just imagine on the culture and. on myself i saw many people got killed on the torture and. i was one of those survive those kind of torture. myself they used electroshocks because i will not sign papers and. i was forced to agree that i'm a member of you want to go and. i'm not even really i didn't know at the time what used to be i didn't know what i try to anything so. when they asked me what i did and tell you when i said i'm not a member of them and they brought me papers cost me to sign i refused and that while they tortured me to force me to write me to sign or make me sign electoral electroshocks and. in other times he forced me by water treatment a school board in the snow. on the water boarding so or another time they. hang on chains i had chains on my hands and i was hanging on the ceiling
through my detention in pakistan. he asked me if i were. if he didn't he was not interested on me it was you transferred to kind of hall in afghanistan what happened there in kandahar in kandahar was happening. all kinds of things like you can just imagine on the culture and. on myself i saw many people got killed on the torture and. i was one of those survive those kind of torture. myself they used electroshocks because i will not sign papers and. i was forced to agree that i'm a member of you...
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one in afghanistan and the one in pakistan. there's a conflict in pakistan. there isn't a foreign intervention trying to resolve it. it is a great internal conflict. what we are seeing in pakistan is a series of contradictory policies, contradictory engagements and contradictory engagements. the army wants to preserve a stable pakistan that is assured of security and sees the united states as a component of the success in that quest. the military is defective. intelligence service seems to be torn and of course in the country at large, strong fundment list tendencies. it's not a single entity. it's fragmented. we have no choice until we are out of afghanistan to cooperate as much as we can with those pakistanis who see their interest in our success. >> back to the topic of the increasing class and income, we know it's there. you mentioned it's wider now than in country's like china. what do we think about ourselves given the fact people are lining up at the door to live in the united states of america. a lot of people want to live in china. >> there are two g
one in afghanistan and the one in pakistan. there's a conflict in pakistan. there isn't a foreign intervention trying to resolve it. it is a great internal conflict. what we are seeing in pakistan is a series of contradictory policies, contradictory engagements and contradictory engagements. the army wants to preserve a stable pakistan that is assured of security and sees the united states as a component of the success in that quest. the military is defective. intelligence service seems to be...
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look at what is happening with pakistan. there are questions about whether or not pakistan is really our friend or our foe. the second thing about foreign policy experience, you do not have to have had extensive foreign policy experience to know how to listen to the experts. president obama just announced his withdrawal plan from afghanistan. he didn't listen to general petraeus. he didn't listen to admiral mullen. they have again on record as saying it was more aggressive than they thought. common sense says, you don't reduce your force by a third and announce it to your enemy in order to fulfill some political promise. what kind of foreign experience do you need to listen to your experts in order to be able to make the right decision? >> sean: you came under fire early in the campaign. i never saw you mad before. you got sick and tired of answering the question about muslims in your administration. >> yes. >> sean: a reporter asked you again and you off on him a little. tell us your real position and what happened? >> thro
look at what is happening with pakistan. there are questions about whether or not pakistan is really our friend or our foe. the second thing about foreign policy experience, you do not have to have had extensive foreign policy experience to know how to listen to the experts. president obama just announced his withdrawal plan from afghanistan. he didn't listen to general petraeus. he didn't listen to admiral mullen. they have again on record as saying it was more aggressive than they thought....
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during my detention in pakistan. they asked me if i will go with the song and he did and it was not interested on me it was you transferred to kind of hall in afghanistan what happened there. in common was happening. all kinds of things what you can just imagine on the thoughts. and. on myself i saw many people got killed on the torture and on the saw. i was one of those who survived those kind of closure on myself they used electroshocks because i will not sign papers. i was forced to agree that i am the member of ironic and i was not even really i didn't know at the time what used to be i didn't know a lot i did anything so. when they asked me what i thought i didn't tell you and i said i'm not a member and they brought your papers cost me to sign i refused and that's why they tortured me by they forced me to write me to sign and make them sign by electoral electroshocks and. in other times he forced me by water treatment it's called waterboarding it's not it's. there it's normally on the water boarding so or anoth
during my detention in pakistan. they asked me if i will go with the song and he did and it was not interested on me it was you transferred to kind of hall in afghanistan what happened there. in common was happening. all kinds of things what you can just imagine on the thoughts. and. on myself i saw many people got killed on the torture and on the saw. i was one of those who survived those kind of closure on myself they used electroshocks because i will not sign papers. i was forced to agree...
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pakistan's suffering religious minority community. members of the jewish faith continue to express discrimination and persecution throughout the region. the special envoy for anti-semitism, anna rosenthal, has noted that the holocaust glorification is, quote, especially virulent in the middle east media. if the international community and our government fails to speak out, the prospects for religious pluralism and tolerance in the region are bleak, i urge my colleagues' support for this bill. and again thank the leadership on both sides for making this legislation a priority. i'm hopeful that this bill will overwhelmingly pass the house and deaccepted a clear message to both the persecutors and persecuted that the united states of america stands with those who most basic freedom the right to worship according to the dictates of conscious is under assault. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman from new jersey reserve? reserve. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. berman:thank you v
pakistan's suffering religious minority community. members of the jewish faith continue to express discrimination and persecution throughout the region. the special envoy for anti-semitism, anna rosenthal, has noted that the holocaust glorification is, quote, especially virulent in the middle east media. if the international community and our government fails to speak out, the prospects for religious pluralism and tolerance in the region are bleak, i urge my colleagues' support for this bill....
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when i went to pakistan i went to that to their school of jamaat to be they have each year i guess between thirty and forty solid and. students feel full who was wisting that school each year i was just one of them and . saw when i was captured and tone to the americans i was already in a bus close to the airport and i had already my plane ticket in my pocket i was very tall so therefore. i couldn't understand why and what reason for and jamaat to be. every everybody knows they are not interested on the wall. again the. most or what were the circumstances of your wrist when i got arrested. they didn't told me anything and what's going on they didn't told me. that they're looking for terrorists so it was they said just we don't. going to check your passport a lot i did not know that time was a get all the bond yields to some dollars for each person and. not on their my name boats for anyone who is two and all it's of the americans as a terrorist they would receive through song and through song dollars in pakistan a lot of money and it was not socialism and just when i had my first interroga
when i went to pakistan i went to that to their school of jamaat to be they have each year i guess between thirty and forty solid and. students feel full who was wisting that school each year i was just one of them and . saw when i was captured and tone to the americans i was already in a bus close to the airport and i had already my plane ticket in my pocket i was very tall so therefore. i couldn't understand why and what reason for and jamaat to be. every everybody knows they are not...
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finally let me turn to pakistan. we all accept the long-term stability in afghanistan depends on stability in pakistan. when i met president zadari. like amended the pakistan's security forces in tackling violent extreme as in the northwest of the country but as the prime ministers said the situation in pakistan continues to be serious. there's a danger that the death of osama bin laden which should be welcomed on all sides will not have that effect in pakistan. i asked him there for what steps he has taken for british support of counter-terrorism in pakistan at the heart of our relationship to the pakistan government. we all want to see british troops come home at the earliest opportunity, not least all the families and friends of those who are currently serving in afghanistan. we also want to see the campaign concluded in a way that ensures their service and sacrifice has not been in vain and afghanistan and a wider region moves into a stable future rather than once again posing a serious threat to our security and
finally let me turn to pakistan. we all accept the long-term stability in afghanistan depends on stability in pakistan. when i met president zadari. like amended the pakistan's security forces in tackling violent extreme as in the northwest of the country but as the prime ministers said the situation in pakistan continues to be serious. there's a danger that the death of osama bin laden which should be welcomed on all sides will not have that effect in pakistan. i asked him there for what steps...
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this week and accused of working for pakistan. this is the latest in a rapidly deteriorating relationship which was highlighted when the u.s. killed osama bin laden and pakistan. the prime minister is currently in london. my colleague asked if he understood why the u.s. had not told pakistan. >> that is the thing we did not like. >> you understand why? >> they did not want to share their victory with pakistan, they only want to share defeat. >> what they're indicating is that they did not trust the military and your security services to not leak it. >> when we had intelligence sharing with them and the people, the most wanted terrorist of al qaeda, we helped them. there was no reason not to share with us. >> did the isi note that osama bin laden was less than a mile away from your defense academy? >> he had been there for a long time. i want to ask you one question, whether the world intelligence failed? the whole failure of the world. >> did you know that bin laden was there? did your intelligence service know he was there? >> th
this week and accused of working for pakistan. this is the latest in a rapidly deteriorating relationship which was highlighted when the u.s. killed osama bin laden and pakistan. the prime minister is currently in london. my colleague asked if he understood why the u.s. had not told pakistan. >> that is the thing we did not like. >> you understand why? >> they did not want to share their victory with pakistan, they only want to share defeat. >> what they're indicating is...
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in pakistan. without there being any american commitment actually to be there to protect us against that retaliation if that occurred. those are pieces of history. so many times those of you have had me. >> know this is my little clicÉe but i'm going to repeat it anyway because sometimes clichÉs are good and that is americans do a lot of things very well. america is a great nation which has contributed immensely to human progress, the idea of liberty and the idea freedom and the idea of democracy modern capitalism and globalization and everything and then of course more than any other nation in at least a 200 years. there is one thing americans don't do. two things americans don't do well. one is history. the american attitude to history is you know joe, he is history. [laughter] bar or all history is bunk. that is the attitude. there was a young man who introduced himself as a history of -- and i said when i was teaching this country they rob him was finding enough kids who wanted a history maj
in pakistan. without there being any american commitment actually to be there to protect us against that retaliation if that occurred. those are pieces of history. so many times those of you have had me. >> know this is my little clicÉe but i'm going to repeat it anyway because sometimes clichÉs are good and that is americans do a lot of things very well. america is a great nation which has contributed immensely to human progress, the idea of liberty and the idea freedom and the idea of...
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during my detention in pakistan. they asked me if i want more with someone and he didn't he was not interested on me afterwards you were transferred to kind of hole in afghanistan what happened there in kandahar. income was happening. all kinds of things like you can just imagine on the closure and. on myself i saw many people got killed on the torture in qana so. i was one of those who survived those kind of closure on myself they used electroshocks because i will not sign papers you know. i was forced to agree that i'm the member or are you going to go and. i'm not even really i didn't know at the time what used to be i didn't know what i did anything so. when they asked me what i tried and thought even i said i'm not a member of them and they brought me papers wasn't a sign i refused and that's why they tortured me about their forced me to write me to sign and sign by electoral electroshocks and. in other times the force made by what the treatment it's for a lot a lot of boarding it's not it's. there it's normally
during my detention in pakistan. they asked me if i want more with someone and he didn't he was not interested on me afterwards you were transferred to kind of hole in afghanistan what happened there in kandahar. income was happening. all kinds of things like you can just imagine on the closure and. on myself i saw many people got killed on the torture in qana so. i was one of those who survived those kind of closure on myself they used electroshocks because i will not sign papers you know. i...
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airstrikes in afghanistan iraq pakistan somalia yemen i think i have all of those the list seems to be going on whether you believe that our national security absolutely demands that we could bases in over half the countries on this planet whether you vote democrat or republican or not at all it is time folks to face the facts we cannot afford to keep separating the fiscal crisis from the wars i mean does it actually make sense to spend so much money on defense and the economy seems to be teetering on the blink brink of collapse beyond collapse if you listen to the next we had earlier in the show now that is of course the question that my next guest has been accepting and answering former u.s. congresswoman and presidential candidate cynthia mckinney just returned from a fact finding trip to libya and she's with us live in new york congresswoman thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us before we get to these foreign wars before we get to these florida wars i really want to turn to the one right here in the nation's capital these are your former colleagues here what the he
airstrikes in afghanistan iraq pakistan somalia yemen i think i have all of those the list seems to be going on whether you believe that our national security absolutely demands that we could bases in over half the countries on this planet whether you vote democrat or republican or not at all it is time folks to face the facts we cannot afford to keep separating the fiscal crisis from the wars i mean does it actually make sense to spend so much money on defense and the economy seems to be...
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in pakistan. next we've got a business news was made three stay with us. thanks very much merida ratings agencies like standard and poor's and moody's have become the subject of vicious attacks from politicians across europe russia is also unhappy with the system prime minister was in a putin says he wants the country to have its own ratings agency to get fair ratings but nick parsons from national australia bank says it will only be trusted if it's even tougher. the only way in which an ratings agency can build independent global credibility is if it seemed to be free of all pressure now the only way in which it can really be seen to be free of all pressure is to produce a lower ratings on the bonds all the assets that it's asked to consider rather than produce higher ratings because after all if a new ratings agency whether it was in europe or whether it was in russia or whether it was anywhere else in the world if a new ratings agency miraculously decided that in its opinion the rating was substantially higher than anyone else had previously thought i t
in pakistan. next we've got a business news was made three stay with us. thanks very much merida ratings agencies like standard and poor's and moody's have become the subject of vicious attacks from politicians across europe russia is also unhappy with the system prime minister was in a putin says he wants the country to have its own ratings agency to get fair ratings but nick parsons from national australia bank says it will only be trusted if it's even tougher. the only way in which an...
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in pakistan town after a business of date with dmitri stay with us. thanks marina hello and good morning to you you're with business r.t. ratings agencies like standard and poor's and moody's have become the subject of vicious attacks from politicians across europe agencies claim to have to give an independent assessment of credit worthiness of countries but they've been blamed for helping cause the crisis by stirring up a lot however some analysts suggest this means they're doing a good job. the ratings agencies quite justifiably came in for a lot of criticism during the global financial crisis they were accused of being over up to a mistake they were taking some fairly generous assumptions about ability to repay there were sometimes overlooking some fairly fatal flaws in some derivative structures and it's fair to say i think most reasonable people would agree that perhaps the ratings agencies did contribute to the global financial crisis however i think there's been a notable improvement in standards over the course of the last two or three years a
in pakistan town after a business of date with dmitri stay with us. thanks marina hello and good morning to you you're with business r.t. ratings agencies like standard and poor's and moody's have become the subject of vicious attacks from politicians across europe agencies claim to have to give an independent assessment of credit worthiness of countries but they've been blamed for helping cause the crisis by stirring up a lot however some analysts suggest this means they're doing a good job....